Saturday, May 17, 2014

I bought this from Khursasan a few weeks back. This is my first time working with a resin model in over 20 years. I think this is a great addition to my Earth Force Marines and I'm looking forward to getting it painted and on the table.

This is a very good model - cast well with few blemishes or bubbles - with excellent detail. It was easy to clean and the parts all fit together very nicely. There was a slight miscast on the one foot pad but it was fixable with a bit of filing. Overall, this is another fine Khurasan product!

I wanted my model to be adaptable, so I decided I would use neodymium magnets to assemble the cargo bay and turrets/hatches. This is the first time I have ever tried this on a model. I did ok with the drilling and glueing, but I learned one must make the connections magnet-to-magnet. I tried to attach the cargo bay by using metal wire on one side and magnets on the other. It did not have enough strength to hold so I had to add two more magnets. Live and learn.

Bottom of lander. You can see the magnets in the bottoms of the holes for the turret/hatch and where the cargo bay fits into the lander. You can also see the "extra" magnet I had to install in the middle.

Top of cargo bay. You can see the "extra" magnet I had to install just forward of the top hatch. You can also see the ends of the wire pieces I recessed into the tabs that fit into the lander.

Hatches and turrets.

Bottoms of hatches and turrets showing recessed magnets.

The assembled dropship in military mode with turrets.

The assembled dropship in civilian mode with hatches.I also am thinking this could be a "stealth" mode and imagine the turrets popping up to surprise an attacker.

I attached the rear bay door with magnets and in this case using wire on one side on the connection and magnets on the other worked fine. The door can be opened and closed during a game to show embarkation/disembarkation or just for coolness factor. : )

The cargo bay and rear bay door.

Door attached and open.

Door closed up for flight.

I am considering painting it in the same color scheme as my Scifi buildings. Either that or I will go with the basic gray as on Khurasan's website. I just have to clean up a few spots where I added some fill and then I can wash it all with soapy water (again) and prime.